A North Carolina man says he was arrested for failing to return a VHS tape that he rented in 2002. James Meyers says he was driving his daughter to school Tuesday when a police officer pulled him over for a defective tail light. He says the officer told him there… Read More

Police say a kitchen worker at an assisted living facility in Ohio has shot and killed two housekeepers. The shooting occurred Thursday morning at Hamlet Village in Chagrin Falls, an upscale community 20 miles from Cleveland. The slain housekeepers were identified as Terri Treadway, of Chardon, and Catherine Sutter, of… Read More

An Ohio man chose to wear a sign proclaiming he’s a thief rather than go to jail after trying to steal a 52-inch television. Greg Davenport, of Liberty Township, pleaded no contest this month to a theft charge for stealing from a Wal-Mart in the township in December. A judge… Read More

The west Alabama city of Selma is planning a crackdown on what one councilman says is a big problem: Horse droppings. The City Council passed a law three years ago requiring that horses wear diapers when on city streets, but Councilman Michael Johnson says riders aren’t following the law. Johnson… Read More

Dillon Sprole never thought he’d see his U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ring again after accidentally leaving it in a gas station bathroom in Orlando about two years ago. But Larry Hale found the ring in a pile of sand Monday while using his metal detector on Daytona Beach —… Read More

Bob Ebeling spent three decades filled with guilt over not stopping the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but found relief in the weeks before his death. Ebeling’s daughter Leslie Serna told The Associated Press that her father died Monday at the age of 89 in Brigham City, Utah. She… Read More

Archaeologists who scanned the grave of William Shakespeare say they have made a head-scratching discovery: His skull appears to be missing. Researchers used ground-penetrating radar to explore the playwright’s tomb in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Holy Trinity Church. Staffordshire University archaeologist Kevin Colls, who led the study, said they found “an odd disturbance… Read More

A South Carolina mother says her 11-year-old son died playing a game in which people challenge each other online to choke themselves until they pass out. Latrice Hurst says in a statement released through her pastor that her son, Davorius Gray, was playing the “pass-out game” before he died last… Read More

A 5-year-old girl has been credited with saving her mother’s life after the woman fell unconscious in their swimming pool in South Texas. The rescue was captured on home surveillance video. It shows Tracy Anderwald face down in the pool at their home near Portland on Friday. The video shows… Read More

Alex Rodriguez says he plans to retire from baseball after the 2017 season. The New York Yankees slugger revealed his intentions Wednesday during an interview with ESPN. His plans were confirmed by spokesman Ron Berkowitz. Rodriguez, who returned last season from a one-year drug suspension, has 687 home runs, 75… Read More